Guilbert Mirabeau

Guilbert Mirabeau (1741-) was the Secretary of the Admiralty of the Republican Consulate of France during the French Revolution.

Biography
Guilbert Mirabeau was born in Marseille, France in 1741 to a Third Estate family of bourgeois shipping businessmen. Mirabeau was known to be a bon vivant, making him popular among those who knew him, and he possessed some knowledge about the French Navy due to his career in shipping. Mirabeau developed republican views during the 1780s, and he supported the French Revolution against Louis XVI of France in 1789. Mirabeau was appointed Secretary of the Admiralty under the Republican Consulate, revitalizing the navy.